Focus and hard work are the keys to success for a young entrepreneur interviewed by Musa Temidayo, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Nigeria. Some people think it requires a lorry load of cash to start a successful and enduring business, but Dami Subair, CEO of DamoSmart, knows that with a positive great mind set and …
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Why Media Students and Graduates Are Falling Behind in the Age of Social Media
January 19by Evans Ijakaa “Which do you think is the most useless major?” I have watched countless vox pop vid …
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Commonwealth delivers a technical training for Youth Development Officers in Ghana
November 24by Anamta Afsar, Youth Officer The Commonwealth Secretariat’s Youth Team, in partnership with the Gh …
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Youth and The Energy Transition: Powering a Sustainable Future
November 3Around the world, young professionals are not waiting for change, they are making it. From community …
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Read moreThe world of marketing shapes our consumer choices, writes Abdullah Al Hasan, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Dhaka in Bangladesh, as he looks behind the scenes at how marketing works. Suppose you’re going to buy a product and you opt for a specific brand. Now the question is – why do you choose that brand? Maybe you …
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Access to information is a human right, argues Ronald Tukachungurwa, 24, a Correspondent from Kampala in Uganda, but it is also a means of solving problems and encouraging development. ‘’Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.’’ – Kofi Annan I always believe that information …
Nigeria’s education system has been plagued by socio-economic and political matters that have troubled society for decades, writes Laila Johnson-Salami, 20, a Correspondent from Ibadan in Nigeria, who argues that closing the gender gap is part of the solution to those issues. Although Nigeria’s development standards are slowly stepping up, the gender gap in primary …
A fortnight ago, the Commonwealth Students Association (CSA) and the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Youth and Education Divisions took part in the Organization for Economic Development’s (OECD) Inaugural Higher Education Stakeholders Forum. The OECD, like the Commonwealth, was established to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. Like the Commonwealth, …
Education is not a luxury, but a necessity for empowerment and creating opportunities and an essential element in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, writes Nutifafa Geh, 30, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Ho, Ghana. Scholarships like Commonwealth Shared Scholarship make it possible for students in the Commonwealth to pursue their postgraduate studies in universities in the United Kingdom. He interviewed Mark …
A controversial scholarship raises questions about education around the issues of sex and health, writes Bonolo Madibe, 20, a Correspondent from South Africa, now living in the UK. Over the past couple of years we have seen an increase in feminist discourse, not only in schools but also on social media, TV and even in …
Universities are in a prime position to promote sustainable development, writes Nutifafa Geh, 30, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Ho in Ghana, and can champion a “holistic” approach to education and action for a sustainable future. Sustainable development teaches that development should be pursued in a manner whereby the needs of the present will be met without …
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Young women face an extra barrier to accessing education, writes Badru Walusansa, 25, a Correspondent from Kampala in Uganda, who argues the need to provide knowledge and supplies that will help girls attend school regularly. Girl child education in Uganda has suffered severe conspicuous challenges in the last two decades, including among others early child marriages and …
A hot debate topic in Africa centres on how the twenty-first century African youth can contribute to the growth of a continent in need of its young people to take it to another level. Alphonse Akouyu, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Cameroon, reports on a conference designed to move #AfricaYouthFwd. The Future Forward partnership between Ashoka …